Episode 374: The New Ruling Class

On this episode of CODEPINK Radio, co-hosts Marcy Winograd and Medea Benjamin discuss their antiwar wish list for when Democrats assume control of Congress in January. This episode features the voices of several antiwar Democrats–Abdul El-Sayed, Dr. Annie Andrews, James Talarico, Troy Jackson and Peggey Flanagan–elected to the Senate in the Blue Tsunami. In the second half, Marcy interviews Dave Dayen, Executive Editor of the American Prospect, on grassroots demands to replace the leadership–Hakeen Jeffries and Charles Schumer–as Democratic Party leaders in House and the Senate.

From military deployment in Jordan to volunteer medical care in Gaza, CODEPINK Radio host Marcy Winograd takes us to the SWANA region through the eyes of her guests. First up is Jesse Serrato of Military Families Speak Out, followed by Dr Feroze Sidhwa, a trauma care surgeon featured in the documentary "American Doctors."

In this episode of CODEPINK Radio, host Marcy Winograd interviews author Norman Solmon on his latest article, “Decoding Israel Buzz Words in a Time of Genocide.” CODEPINK Palestine campaigner Jenin talks about a campaign to demand the Center for Reproductive Rights address Israel’s sexualized violence–rape and enslavement–to oppress Palestinian women. Our CODEPINK-LA chapter kicks off a cross-country convoy to educate the heartland about the hijacking of US tax dollars to fund Israel’s crimes.

Host Marcy Winograd interviews sociology professor William Robinson on his latest book, “Pax Silica, The New Ruling Class.” Robinson traces the rise of a “new transnational capital complex” that brings big tech together with global finance and the military-industrial-surveillance complex to colonize the world–unless we continue to protest–disrupt–divest-and withhold our labor.Key LinksCODEPINK: Taxpayer Uprising-No More Money for WarNov. 10-12, 2026-DChttps://www.codepink.org/novdc26PAX SILICA: The New Ruling Class (William Robinson Clarity Press, 192 pages, 2026)https://www.claritypress.com/product/pax-silica-the-new-ruling-class/Project Censored: Titans of Capital with Peter Phillips and Mickey Huff (2024) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrQrKCTVKpE

Host Marcy Winograd explores the Iranian-American anti-war diaspora, options for GI resistance, and people-to-people diplomacy to stop the illegal US war on Iran. Guests include Isabella Javidan, communications director for the National Iranian American Council, Ann Wright, CODEPINK Board member,  and Iranian-American Nuri Ronaghy and Alan Shorb, grassroots diplomats who recently returned from Iran. 

Host Marcy Winograd interviews Dr. Kristin Kobes Du Mez, author of the new book, “Live, Laugh, Love,” The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made. The episode includes clips from those who both spawned and profited from patronage to patriarchy.  Also featured are modern-day evangelical dissenters-Beth Moore and David French-- who reject MAGA as a betrayal of their faith.

Join CODEPINK’s Marcy Winograd and Medea Benjamin as they unpack Netanyahu’s UN address and the protests outside, Trump’s pivot toward China, and the war machine’s impact on the climate. Plus, congressional efforts to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the Iran war and block U.S. bombs to Israel.

On this episode of CODEPINK Radio, host Marcy Winograd first takes us to DC, where CODEPINK confronts Trump’s toadies–Pete Hegseth, Secretary of War, and Scott Bessent, Secretary of the Treasury–over illegal wars, economic sanctions and US and Israel genocide. On the second half, Marcy interviews author David Vine on the Pentagon’s plan to open a new, additional, US military base inside Israel.

This week on CODEPINK Radio, Marcy Winograd and CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin take on the politics of Hollywood, from the backlash against Macklemore and pressure on artists speaking out for Palestine to Susan Sarandon and Mark Ruffalo standing their ground. They also unpack new pressure on Israel over illegal settlements, the expanding U.S.-Israel war on Iran, and the growing resistance to endless war. Then, they turn to artificial intelligence, as warnings from inside the industry fuel calls to rein in increasingly powerful AI and confront its already deadly role in modern warfare.

On this episode of CODEPINK Radio, host Marcy Winograd interviews economist and author Jeffrey Sachs on why US illegal sanctions on five sectors of Iran’s economy will fail to collapse the Iranian government. In the second half of our program, we meet Sonali Kolhatkar, broadcaster and author of a new book, “Breaking ICE: Community Defense Against State Terror and MAGA Fascism.